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Offline thesentinel

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Could use a certain keyboard
« on: Sat, 26 October 2013, 00:10:20 »
Alright I'm not totally familiar with the mech board lingo n' such, but so far I've learned that stuff like costar stabilizers and PBT are good. And uh, not sure where I was going with this sentence. But here's the requirements (don't make fun of me too bad if I say something stupid)

*Cherry MX Brown
*Full sized or tenkeyless
*PBT Keycaps
*Costar stabilizers (not sure what these are but I hear good things)
*White LED

Bonus noob question: I heard about a fancy thing called "double shot molded keys". I'm not sure if this is a mod, a custom made thing or if it's something actual companies produce. Any idea where a man like me could find those caps? Or a board that comes with these caps?

Another bonus noob question: I hear lots of mixed opinions on duckies. Sometimes I hear stuff like "Duckies are horrible" and sometimes I hear people praising Ducky like the god of all keyboards. Could use some opinions on that.

..Yetanother: I hear bad things about leopold spacebars. Which models have these issues and what exactly is the issue with them? edit: is there anything wrong with this leopold model: http://elitekeyboards.com/proddata/images/th/fc660c_017_th620x400.jpg

*I apologize in advance for the probably stupid thread-- I'm unfamiliar with these forums*

« Last Edit: Sat, 26 October 2013, 00:12:31 by thesentinel »
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Offline rowdy

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Re: Could use a certain keyboard
« Reply #1 on: Sat, 26 October 2013, 01:45:19 »
Double-shot just means two different plastics moulded together to make the keys.  Very long lasting, although less common with PBT.  DS are usually made from ABS, which tends to shine fairly easily, in contradistinction to PBT which doesn't.  PBT are usually dyesub.

Ducky is a good brand.  They have backlit and non-backlit keyboards, and once a year or so release a limited edition keyboard with special features.

But Ducky has Cherry stabilisers.  Some people say Cherry stabilisers feel mushy compared to Costar, which they might, but they also make is somewhat simpler and easier to swap keycaps.

The only other thing is that I'm not sure you will find PBT keycaps that are backlight friendly.
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Re: Could use a certain keyboard
« Reply #2 on: Sat, 26 October 2013, 13:36:56 »
Ducky is a very nice brand. But if you want costart stabilizers then check out max keyboard X7, X8, and X9.